Friday, November 7, 2014

machine gun etiquette

The Damned got back together to smash things up with this scorching smorgasbord of sass and style. The band had been the first British punk group to release a single ('New Rose') in the UK, the first to release an album ('Damned, Damned, Damned'), and the first to tour the US. With the poor response to their second album 'Music For Pleasure', they went their separate ways. For more than a year (from February of 1978 to april of 1979) they were involved in various projects that involved an increasing circle of other musicians like Les Punks and The Doomed. Eventually Algy Ward from The Saints took over on bass and Captain Sensible switched to guitar to fill the void left by Brian James. They signed a deal with Chiswick Records and got back into the studio with producer Roger Armstrong.